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The bid to revive the stately old theaters of downtown L.A. has intersected with hopes for boosting the city’s chronically undernourished scene for major resident dance companies. L.A. Dance Project, launched in 2012 by star choreographer Benjamin Millepied, announced Monday that its new home venue will be the Theatre at Ace Hotel, an ornate, Spanish gothic-style auditorium that’s at the base of a newly-opened boutique hotel in a 1927 structure built by Hollywood royalty. The 1,600-seat auditorium at 929 Broadway, a movie house during the building’s initial incarnation as the headquarters of United Artists, will debut as a dance venue Feb. 20-22,...

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